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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
yield
/jiːld/
verb1 of 2
to give way to someone or something else
- “Patients often die simply because they yield to their diseases.”Tatoeba
- “He will never yield to the pressure of a politician.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
Payment; tribute.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)